Jens Lekman Quotes
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You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're doing this for nothing. An audience is crucial, a back and forth with the invisible readers.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
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I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.
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If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.
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My mother was a great inspiration to me to always do my best. My father has always been my mentor and friend. They taught me the basic principle that guides most all that I do: faith, focus, finish.
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I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life.
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As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.
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The act is truth. Nothing that was ever recorded is truth. Nothing that was ever said is truth. Only the act.
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A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.
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To maintain the ability to admit and grow from our mistakes rather than let them defeat us represents best the inner strength of a people.
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I know that any fan of 'Veronica Mars' is hardcore and loyal, so I give them the time; we spend time talking about it because it warrants that.
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Besides my son, music is the most important thing to me. I always have music on in my car and playing at house, and I'm in the studio or performing every night. I like Beats by Dre for headphones, and Bang & Olufsen soundsystems.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I found a favorite chord, which is B flat 7 - that's my favorite chord.
